tusks
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They were able to recognise a lower jaw, two tusks, and possibly a mammoth rib.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
The prehistoric species also had a straighter snout and smaller tusks.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2025
One of the group “plunged her tusks up to the gums in the body of my Land-Rover . . . again she charged, and the Land-Rover was carried backwards at high speed for thirty-five yards.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Items stolen from the Oakland museum included Native American baskets, jewelry, laptops, historic photographs and intricately carved ivory tusks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
They spend the night inside the cave, dozing on their feet or mining the rock with their tusks.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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